I had a Discovery about this time last year. I got it during their December sale, and decided to try out their 10 day "buy and try" period. I shot the bow for 3 days, I think, and decided to send it back.

The positives:

Low recoil compared to most bows I have shot. I would say it was on par with the Mathews MQ1 that I had for a while. Pretty quiet with only a pair of string leeches on the string. It did have some string noise without them, as almost all bows do. Easy to work on and adjust. Seemed like a pretty rugged piece of equipment.

The negatives:

The force draw characteristics were just wrong for me. The draw was somewhat like a heavy recurve which just kind of stopped at the end. Not much felt let-off compared to a regular cam bow at what they claimed was 65% letoff. Very high amount of system friction. When you started to let down the draw, the string just kinda sat there, then finally started to pull out of the valley. I measured the draw and let down curves just for information, and there was 15 pounds more draw force than let down force in spots. The Darton I had at the time had less than 3 pounds difference at any point on the curve. Lastly, the Discovery did not balance too well without a long or heavy stabilizer on the front.

I did get to meet one of the owners, Trevor Loomis, at the Harrisburg show last year. He was a very nice person, and showed me the Intensity. It had a much more "normal" force draw curve, was better balanced, and is supposed to be much faster than the Discovery. If you are going to take the plunge and try one, I would suggest the Intensity model.

It might be worth a try for you. I believe it cost me about $20 return shipping to send it back, and the charge was removed from my credit card.

Avoid the inevitable until it is absolutely unavoidable!